Journal article
Lists as Social Grid: Ratings and Rankings in Everyday Life
Social semiotics, Vol.12(3), pp.245-254
01 Dec 2003
Abstract
It is argued that the inundation of lists in our everyday lives has become part of the social grid, which tells us who & what we are & how we relate to the world. Using Baudrillard's three mutations of the sign, this paper examines the relationship between lists (rankings & ratings) & social life. This updated grid, which is increasingly defined by market capitalism, makes for not only a greater commodified self but a simulated self based on the external statistical world. 17 References. Adapted from the source document.
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- Title
- Lists as Social Grid: Ratings and Rankings in Everyday Life
- Creators
- Ernest A Hakanen
- Publication Details
- Social semiotics, Vol.12(3), pp.245-254
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Identifiers
- 991014877783304721